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moosecall

moosecall noun: a horn, for example of birchbark, which imitates the bellow of a moose.

Noun

moosecall (plural moosecalls)

  1. A horn, for example of birchbark, which imitates the bellow of a moose.
    • A moosecall is a horn of birch bark used by hunters to imitate the roar and bellow of the bull moose. Hunters themselves disagree as to whether the moose is ever fooled by a moosecall.1948, George W. Stimpson, Information Roundup, page 408
    • Mister MacNab said he had just the thing in mind for his own wife. “'Tis a moosecall,” he announced happily, "which gives an excellent rendition of a female cow in the th-r-roes of r-r-romantic ecstacy."1958, Corey Ford, You Can Always Tell a Fisherman...: The Minutes of the Lower Forty Shooting, Angling and Inside Straight Club, page 55
  2. The noise made by this device.
    • First of all, I could hear the handful of boos and moosecalls underneath the cheers as I took my place among the other Giants.2012, Gordon Korman, No More Dead Dogs, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN
    • Once I was just walking along innocently with Richie when all of a sudden, from down the hallway and around the corner, I hear this moosecall. I didn't even think. I just moosecalled back.2014, Jerry Spinelli, Space Station Seventh Grade: The Newbery Award-Winning Author of Maniac Magee, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN

Verb

moosecall (third-person singular simple present moosecalls, present participle moosecalling, simple past and past participle moosecalled)

  1. (intransitive) To produce such a sound.
    • Once I was just walking along innocently with Richie when all of a sudden, from down the hallway and around the corner, I hear this moosecall. I didn't even think. I just moosecalled back.2014, Jerry Spinelli, Space Station Seventh Grade: The Newbery Award-Winning Author of Maniac Magee, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN

Forms of moosecall

Noun
pluralmoosecalls
Verb
third-person singular presentmoosecalls
present participlemoosecalling
past participlemoosecalled
pastmoosecalled

Origin of moosecall

From moose + call.

Questions about moosecall

What does moosecall mean?
Moosecall means a horn, for example of birchbark, which imitates the bellow of a moose.
What part of speech is moosecall?
Moosecall can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of moosecall?
The plural of moosecall is moosecalls.

Words near moosecall in the dictionary

  1. mooseberry
  2. moosebird
  3. moosebirds
  4. mooseburger
  5. mooseburgers
  6. moosecall
  7. moosecalled
  8. moosecalling
  9. moosecalls
  10. moosehair
  11. moosehairs

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